Improvement in ornamental chain-links



J. L. HEELEY. Ornamental Chain-Link.

No. 197,364. Patented Nov. 20,1877.

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' UNITED ismiqrnsrmsmorricn JAMES LQHE L OF rr EBonoUeH FALLS,MASSACHUSETTS, Assrenon- TO DAVIDSON BROTHERS, or New YORK, n; Y.

IMPROVEMENT- 1NOI iNAMENTAL CHAIN-LINKS.-

To all whom it may concern:

Specification formingpart of Letters Patent No, 197,364, dated November20, 1877; application filed 4 October 5, 1877.

Be it known that 1, JAMES H. HEEIQEY, of

Attleborough Falls, in. the ,county of Bristol, and State ofMassachusetts, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in OrnamentalChains, which improvement is fully set forth in the followingspecification, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing, in wh'ich.

Figure l representsla side viewyof .'a chainlink made according to thisinvention. Fig. 2

is a longitudinal section thereof in the plane as m, Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is aplan or top view. Fig. 4 is a cross-section in the plane y 3 Fig. 2.Fig. 5 is a like section in the plane z '2, Fig. 2.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts. My improvement relates tothe construction of links for ornamental chains and consists in thecombination of three or more loops or rings, and two cross-heads adaptedto receive and retain said rings or loops, thus forming a link oftriangularor polygonal cross-section; also, in the combinationof twocross-heads provided with grooves or tongues at their edges,.two or moreloops or rings adapted to engage with said grooves or tongues, and a rodwhich extends through holes in said cross-heads, and is bent at itsopposite ends, so that a simple and efiective means of fastening theloops or rings to the cross-heads is obtained, while, moreover, bybending said rod it is adapted to be connected to adjacent links in achain, and at the same time is securely held in place; further, in thecombination of two cross-heads, provided with tongues at their edges,twoor more loops or rings provided with grooves to receive said tonguesof the cross-heads, and fillingpieces adapted to engage with saidgrooves, so that the latter serve not only to fasten the loops or ringsto-the cross-heads, but alsoto hold the fillin g-pieces within the loopsor rings; further, in the combination of two cross-heads, provided withgrooves or tongues at their edges, two or more loops or rings adapted toengage with said grooves or tongues, and a supporting -piece fittedbetween the crossheads so that by said supporting-piece the cross-headsare held apart from each other.

In the drawings, the letterA designates the loops or rings of my link,and B are the two cross-heads, said loops or rings being made of andshape. that the tongues a canbe inserted,

therein. Said tongues a are inserted in the grooves b, in the mannershown iniFig. 4, and

by this means the rings A and the cross-heads.

B are firmly connected together.

The letter O designates a rod, which extends through holes in thecross-heads B, and which is bent at its ends and exterior of the ends ofthe loops or rings A, to form loops or rings d. This rod 0 is intendedto form a means of connectin g together the different links in a chain,this object being accomplished through the loops d, while these loops,moreover, serve to prevent the rod from shifting. I prefer to make therod 0 square in cross-section, and to pass the same through holes ofcorresponding shape in the cross-heads B, for the purpose of preventingsaid rod from turning.

The spaces within the loops or rings A and between the two cross-heads Bare occupied by filling-pieces E, which may have various ornamentalshapes, and the edges of which are inserted in the grooves b, saidfilling-pieces being thereby held in position. The grooves I) thus servethe double purpose of connecting together the rings A and cross-heads B,and of holding the filling-pieces E. Said grooves b, moreover, permit offastening the parts without the use of solder, as heretofore. In

order to insert the tongues a of the rings or loops A and thefilling-piece E in the grooves b, the parts are simply brought in theproper position, and then the rings or loops A are pressed together.

Between the two cross-heads B, and parallel to the rings or loops A isplaced what Iterm a supporting -piece, F, the objectof which is to holdsaid cross-heads the proper distance apart from each other. In theexample shown said supporting-piece F has a tubular form, and embracesthe rod C; but it may be made solid if used without said rod. It canalso be made in more than one piece, if desired, or it can be made inone piece with the cross-heads.

In the example shown I have used three loops or rings, A, so as to forma link of triangular cross-section; but, if desired, a greater or lessnumber of such rings or loops may be used. The two cross-heads B,moreover,may be made in one piece without departure from my invention.In the angles formed between the edges of the loops or rings A areplaced bands g, for the purpose of ornamentation.

It will be observed that all the parts of the link above described canbe completed previously to their being put together, and hence I amenabled to impart to the same the best possible finish.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, in a chain-link, of three or more loops, with twocross-heads, having on their outer edges tongues or grooves, by means ofwhich said loops are attached thereto, so as to form links of triangularor polygonal crosssection, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, in a chain-link, of two cross-heads, provided withsuitable grooves or tongues, two or more loops or rings, adapted toengage with said grooves or tongues in the cross-heads, and a rod whichextends through holes in the cross-heads, and is. providedwith loopsorrings at its ends, substantiallyas and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, in a chain-link, of two cross-heads, provided withsuitable tongues, two or more loops or rings, provided with grooves toengage with the tongues in the cross-heads, and filling-pieces adaptedto engage with the grooves in the loops or rings, substantially as shownand described.

4. The combination, with two fiat approximatelycirculardisks,havingnotchesortongues on their peripheries, and each acentrally-attached. loop or hook, of three or more loops, se-

cured to the peripheries of said disks by means of said notches ortongues, so as to connect the same and form links of triangular orpolygonal cross-section, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand andseal this 26th day of February, 1877.

J. L. HEEDEY. n s.)

Witnesses:

HENRY A. STBEETER, H. M. DAGGETT, Jr.

